Pilea herniarioides Lindl.

Caribbean clearweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Pilea

Characteristics

Herbs , annual or short-lived perennial, 0.2-1 dm. Stems 5-10-branched, repent or prostrate, sometimes mat-forming. Leaf blades broadly ovate to orbiculate, paired blades only slightly unequal, 1.5-6 × 1.6-5 mm, margins entire. Inflorescences crowded. Flowers ca. 0.2-0.3 mm across. Achenes uniformly light brown, slightly compressed, ovoid-cylindric, ca. 0.4 × ca. 0.3 mm, pebbled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.1
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Images

Pilea herniarioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Pilea herniarioides world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:855465-1
WFO ID wfo-0000473535
COL ID 4HST4
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Pilea herniarioides Adicea deltoidea Adicea herniarioides Pilea deltoidea Urtica herniarioides Pilea peregrina Adicea microphylla var. herniarioides Pilea microphylla var. herniarioides Pilea muscosa var. herniarioides Pilea microphylla var. peregrina Pilea deltoidea var. domingensis

Lower taxons

Pilea herniarioides var. perexigua